JOB DESCRIPTION
Regional Lead Responsibilities - reports to Americas Trim SMTE leader
*Support Product Engineering team for lessons learned and customer quotes.
*Technical and company-specific know-how transfer;
*Is a reference in own expertise domain and registered as an expert available for entity/commodity;
*Provides specific subject matter technical expertise to the SDT;
*Continuously increases in depth knowledge of product and process through reverse engineering and best business practices sharing;
*Support teams in technical choices, shows the right direction for projects and discloses knowledge to teams or to beginners;
*Set-up and develop specific area of expertise within Product Engineering including innovation and platform development, defining system architectures in his/her technical domain, planning of Adient product platforms etc;
*Train respective employee groups on expertise knowledge;
*Implementation and usage of Adient standards and systems (BOS, PLUS, Lean, CPP, CMP, BEP, TC, PKR, DKD, DFMEA, SCIO, DFAM.) and ensure the documentation of the processes;
*Incorporate new system opportunities or customer regulations;
*Create technical presentations
*Collaborate / coordinate
*Conducting feasibility discussions with suppliers for known and proven technologies;
*Communicate with principal engineers and business managers and shares best business practices
*Check and release
*Prepares technical strategic decisions for the respective product;
*Close cooperation with concerned departments of OEMs and ensure maintenance and contribution to partnerships for the development area.
*Support Program teams through Problem Solving, Risk Management ,Brainstorming ideas.
*Support MBBP / Purchasing (new supplier assessment, VA/VE events, Preferred Solution sets);
*Develop and evaluate plans to solve complex engineering challenges.
Regional Lead Qualifications
*BS in Engineering or equivalent
*10 years seating trim experience
PRIMARY LOCATION
Central Tech Unit Plymouth MI
Adient is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status, status as a qualified individual with a disability, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you are an individual with a disability and you need an accommodation during the application process please email talent-acquisition@adient.com.
